Top 80 Adam Savage Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than a master of one.”

— Adam Savage

2. “I reject your reality and substitute my own.”

— Adam Savage

3. “Failure is always an option.”

— Adam Savage

4. “The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.”

— Adam Savage

5. “Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!”

— Adam Savage

6. “I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.”

— Adam Savage

7. “Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.”

— Adam Savage

8. “In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.”

— Adam Savage

9. “I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.”

— Adam Savage

10. “I have some ideas on how to fix that. They’re not very good ideas, but at least they’re ideas!”

— Adam Savage

11. “I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody’s going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you’re here. And when you don’t, well, you suffer the consequences.”

— Adam Savage

12. “I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox. The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It’s like Batman’s utility belt.”

— Adam Savage

13. “I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.”

— Adam Savage

14. “Bad spellers of the world untie!”

— Adam Savage

15. “We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.”

— Adam Savage

16. “Am I missing an eyebrow?”

— Adam Savage

17. “It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.”

— Adam Savage

18. “Bigger is always better.”

— Adam Savage

19. “This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’”

— Adam Savage

20. “We didn’t set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don’t purport that what we do is real science but we’re demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.”

— Adam Savage

21. “The coolest toys don’t have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.”

— Adam Savage

22. “The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.”

— Adam Savage

23. “Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.”

— Adam Savage

24. “That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.”

— Adam Savage

25. “I’m not a sculptor; I’m a hard-edged model maker. You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from ‘Star Wars’ – especially parts from ‘Star Wars’ – I can do this stuff all day long. It’s exactly how I made my living for 15 years.”

— Adam Savage

26. “I’m actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.”

— Adam Savage

27. “When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.”

— Adam Savage

28. “How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!”

— Adam Savage

29. “Of course, I love tools. I also love arranging them, to the point where I came up with a name for my organizing metric: first-order retrievability.”

— Adam Savage

30. “Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!”

— Adam Savage

31. “Let’s blow some stuff up.”

— Adam Savage

32. “I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.”

— Adam Savage

33. “When in doubt, C-4.”

— Adam Savage

34. “Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?”

— Adam Savage

35. “If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.”

— Adam Savage

36. “I would have to say that looked like it hurt.”

— Adam Savage

37. “My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.”

— Adam Savage

38. “There is no dignity in television.”

— Adam Savage

39. “The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging to. But you don’t need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It’s not just an idea, it’s reality. We’re discovering the hidden orders of the universe every day.”

— Adam Savage

40. “I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.”

— Adam Savage

41. “Remember kids, I have life insurance.”

— Adam Savage

42. “The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the ‘Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us. That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.”

— Adam Savage

43. “Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.”

— Adam Savage

44. “I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.”

— Adam Savage

45. “Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.”

— Adam Savage

46. “That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!”

— Adam Savage

47. “I’ve always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there’s a little bit of truth to it.”

— Adam Savage

48. “Whether it’s the experiments on ‘MythBusters’ or my earlier work in special effects for movies, I’ve regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.”

— Adam Savage

49. “Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell, and also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.”

— Adam Savage

50. “It’s a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It’s a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!”

— Adam Savage